box up

箱に詰める、梱包する

保管や引っ越しなどのために、物を箱に詰めること。

やさしい英語で： To put things into boxes, often for storage or moving.

• Please box up these toys.
• We boxed up our clothes before moving.
• Have you boxed the dishes up yet?

使い方： box up something / box something up (We boxed our books up yesterday.); box it/them up (Please box them up for the move.)

類義語： pack, box

反対語： unpack

よく使う表現： box up something, box something up

閉じ込める

自由に動けない狭い場所に人を閉じ込めること。

やさしい英語で： To keep someone in a small space where they cannot move freely.

• They boxed the prisoners up in small cells.
• We were boxed up indoors throughout the storm.
• She hated being boxed up in that narrow room.

使い方： be boxed up in somewhere (We were boxed up in a tiny cabin.)

類義語： confine, shut in

反対語： release

よく使う表現： box someone up, box up prisoners

サイコロを混ぜる

使うサイコロを選べるように、複数のサイコロを混ぜること。

やさしい英語で： To mix dice so players can choose which ones to use.

• The dealer boxed up the dice.
• Box the dice up before we choose.
• They boxed up several dice for the gamblers to select.

使い方： box up something / box something up (The dealer boxed the dice up before the players chose.)

類義語： mix, shuffle

よく使う表現： box up dice, box the dice up